Sustainable Energy Systems and Applications

First comprehensive textbook on sustainable energy, includes study problems, illustrative examples, case studies, and practical applications Addresses current energetic, environmental and sustainability issues and brings potential solutions Suits the course curricula Provides a precise/concise and right to the point approach Discusses producing energy by increasing the systems efficiency at generation, conversion, transportation and consumption Discusses the conversion of fossil fuels to clean fuels for limiting the pollution and a better environment Detailed discussion on using ammonia as a potential fuel for transportation and remote applications Provides some key models, methods, techniques, correlations, graphs, etc for design, analysis and performance improvement Shows how to use efficient and effective energy storage for energy savings and improved generation efficiency

Klappentext
Sustainable Energy Systems and Applications presents analyses of sustainable energy systems and their applications, providing new understandings, methodologies, models and applications along with descriptions of several illustrative examples and case studies. This textbook aims to address key pillars in the field, such as: better efficiency, cost effectiveness, use of energy resources, environment, energy security, and sustainable development. It also includes some cutting-edge topics, such as hydrogen and fuel cells, renewable, clean combustion technologies, CO2 abatement technologies, and some potential tools for design, analysis and performance improvement. The book also: Discusses producing energy by increasing systems efficiency in generation, conversion, transportation and consumption Analyzes the conversion of fossil fuels to clean fuels for limiting pollution and creating a better environmentSustainable Energy Systems and Applications is a research-based textbook which can be used by senior undergraduate and graduate students, engineers, practitioners, scientists, and researchers in the area of sustainable energy systems.

Inhalt
Thermodynamic fundamentals.- Introductory aspects of energy.- Energy conservation.- Fundamental concepts for sustainable process design.- Thermodynamic cycles.- Thermal and chemical devices.- Fossil fuels vs clean fuels.- Direct energy conversion.- System analysis through energy and exergy.- Renewable energy systems and applications.- Thermal energy storage systems and applications.- District energy systems.- Nuclear energy.- Hydrogen and fuel cell systems and applications.- Ammonia as a potential substance.- CO2 technologies.- Life cycle assessment.- Industrial ecology.- Sectoral energy and exergy utilization.- Sustainable energy policies.- Global warming and climate change issues and potential solutions.

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